Arkansas soldiers fought for both the Union and the Confederacy. Much territory was covered in their travels during the war. Sergeant Elihu Beckham from Izard County said he travelled 12,000 miles through 20 states, some by steamer, some by car (railroad), some by wagon train and mostly walking and running.
Photographers, with their bulky equipment, captured many photos of the war and the people involved. We present a selection here.
All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division for preserving and maintaining a large database of Civil War photography. Click the link to view the photo and the X in the upper right corner of your browser window to return to this page.
Civil War Leaders
Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States
Jefferson Davis - President of the Confederate States of America
Alexander Stephens - Vice-president of the Confederacy
Robert Hunter - Secretary of State of the Confederacy
William H. Seward - Secretary of State of the Union
Stephen Mallory - Secretary of the Navy of the Confederacy
John H. Regan - Postmaster General of the Confederacy
Civil War Officers
Robert E. Lee - CSA General
Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson - CSA General
Ben McCulloch - CSA General - Arkansas - Arkansas State Troops
Edmund Kirby Smith - CSA General - Arkansas - Trans Mississippi
Thomas P. Dockey - CSA General - Ouachita County, Arkansas
Benjamin Cheatham - CSA General - Shiloh & Corinth
George Armstrong Custer - Union Captain (at time of this photo- on left)
William T. Sherman - Union General of Destruction
Civil War Soldiers
Ambulance Crew of Union Zouaves
Union Marines
Unknown Confederate Soldier (Note from a site visitor: "I have slightly different pose of the same confederate soldier you list as unknown confederate soldier. He was the nephew of Archibald Yell and cousin of General James Yell His name was Joseph Andrew Yell born in Memphis about 1835 He worked at the Yell plantation as a horse trainer He became a wagon driver in the Confederate Army He was captured by Union forces at Fort Henry, Tennessee He was first imprisoned in Chicago Being a member of the Masons he was moved to Fort Niagara, New York He worked the last of his imprisonment training wagon teams to wars end After the war he enlisted in the Union Army for two years He worked the rest of his life as a civilian driver for the US Army He also was a contractor and built buildings in Idaho and Montana He died in a runaway wagon accident in Lead ville Colorado in 1900 He is listed as a Confederate War Veteran with benefits at Fort Shaw, MT."
Unknown Confederate Soldier with weapon
50th Pennsylvania in formation
Culpepper Company in Virginia
Union Artillery Group
Dead Soldier near an abatis
Dead at Antietam
Mass Grave at Antietam
Dead at Gettysburg
CSA dead at Gettysburg
More dead at Gettysburg
Major H. W. Sawyer and staff
Major Whiting at his command tent
Miscellaneous Civil War Photos
Ambulance Crew of Union Zouaves
Union Marines
Unknown Confederate Soldier
Unknown Confederate Soldier with weapon
50th Pennsylvania in formation
Culpepper Company in Virginia
Union Artillery Group
Dead Soldier near an abatis
Dead at Antietam
Mass Grave at Antietam
Dead at Gettysburg
CSA dead at Gettysburg
More dead at Gettysburg
Major H. W. Sawyer and staff
Major Whiting at his command tent
6-pounder Cannon
12-pounder Cannon
24-pounder Cannon on a Barbette
100-pounder Cannon Battery at Fort Putnam, South Carolina
100-pounder Parrot Guns at Fort Putnam
Antietam Battlefield
Aquia Creek Landing
Armory Square Hospital
Atlanta Depot BEFORE Sherman's March
Atlanta Depot AFTER Sherman's March
Battlefield - Big Black, Mississippi
Battlefield - Bull Run
Battlefield - Bull Run, 2nd battle
Battlefield - Fredericksburg
Blockhouse and Aqueduct
Fort Lincoln scene
Fort Marion, Florida
Fort Marion Bastions
Fort Marion Sally Port
Fort McAllister
Fort McAllister Cannon
Fort McAllister Big Cannon
Fort Pulaski Georgia
Fort Richardson
Fort Slemmer
Fort Slocum
Fort Stevens
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter Cannon
Capital Prison in Washington, D.C.
Cook Tent
Crowd at Gettysburg to hear Lincoln
Moving Supplies at Big Black, Mississippi
Confederate Graves at Richmond, Virginia
Camp Scene with troops and howitzer
Lincoln meets with General McClelland
Manassas winter quarters
Nurses pictured with officers
House Destroyed
Photographer in the field
Pontoon Boats being moved over land
Soldiers encamped at Sedgwick
Surgeon preparing to embalm a dead soldier
Sutler's Tent on the Potomac
Steamers moved troops from port to port
Stockade at Rappahanock
Telegraph Station
Vendor selling newspapers
Wagon Train moves supplies through city
View More Photos at the Library of Congress Website
Arkansas Civil War Information
Arkansas History Commission- Arkansas State Agency
Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives - located in the former Washington Elementary School, 201 Highway 195 South, Washington, Arkansas, 71862, adjacent to Historic Washington State Park.
Arkansas Civil War Battle Flags - on exhibit at the Old State House on Markham Street in Little Rock
Jacksonport State Park - used by both Confederate and Union troops because of its location
Jenkins Ferry State Park - battlefield memorial
Marks' Mill State Park - battlefield memorial
Old Washington State Park - Confederate Capital of Arkansas during Union occupation
Poison Spring State Park - battlefield Memorial
Prairie Grove State Park - one of the most intact Civil War battlefields in the nation
